Preparing for the English MAVO Central Exam

Preparing for the English MAVO Central Exam

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to apply reading strategies and successfully complete gap-fill exercises in preparation for the English MAVO Central Exam.

Emphasize the importance of these skills for success on the exam.

What do you already know about reading strategies and gap-fill exercises in English?

Reading Strategies

Before reading, skim the text for main ideas and scan for specific information. During reading, take notes and highlight key points. After reading, summarize and reflect on the text.

Demonstrate each strategy and provide examples. Have students practice each strategy with a short text.

Gap-Fill Exercises

In a gap-fill exercise, you are given a text with missing words and must fill in the blanks with the correct word. Pay attention to grammar, context, and meaning clues.

Provide examples and have students practice with a short exercise. Encourage them to work in pairs to check their answers.

What is the goal of a gap-fill exercise?

1. To fill in the missing words with the correct word.
2. To memorize the text without any missing words.
3. To find and correct mistakes in a text.
4. To create a new text using the given words.

What should you pay attention to when doing a gap-fill exercise?

1. The length of the text only.
2. Grammar, context, and meaning clues.
3. The font and color of the text.
4. Punctuation, spelling, and capitalization.

What is a gap-fill exercise?

1. An exercise where you translate a text.
2. An exercise where you fill in missing words in a text.
3. An exercise where you read a text aloud.
4. An exercise where you write a new text.

Types of Texts

The English MAVO Central Exam may include a variety of text types, such as news articles, advertisements, and letters. Each type requires a slightly different approach to reading and comprehension.

Provide examples of each type of text and discuss strategies for approaching each one.

What types of texts may be included in the English MAVO Central Exam?

1. Magazines and comics
2. Instruction manuals and textbooks
3. News articles, advertisements, letters
4. Novels, poems, and short stories

Vocabulary

To improve your vocabulary, read widely and actively look up unfamiliar words. Use context clues to guess the meaning of unknown words.

Provide a list of useful vocabulary words for the exam and encourage students to practice using them in context.

Practice Exam

Complete a practice exam to test your reading strategies and gap-fill skills. Review your answers and identify areas for improvement.

Provide a practice exam with a mix of text types and gap-fill exercises. Review the answers as a class and discuss where students struggled.

Peer Review

Exchange practice exams with a partner and review each other's work. Provide constructive feedback and suggestions for improvement.

Model how to give effective feedback and provide a rubric for grading.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have learned valuable reading strategies and gap-fill skills to prepare for the English MAVO Central Exam.

Encourage students to continue practicing these skills outside of class.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.